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Friday, December 19, 2014

We started with making our names in colorful tree lights. Students had to tell how many letters were in their name, count out their lights, write the letters in their name, and then string them together. Students also made parent gifts :) Students practiced giving a gingerbread kid a trail to follow by going to the numbers in order.

Students also practices the Gingerbread show that went WONDERFULLY last night. If anyone has pictures they would like on the school facebook page or would like to share with the rest of the parents, I can collect them in my email and make a google album to share with all parents. If you would like to share, send them to my email sgloudemans@stedwardk5.org.

Chippy continued to get into mischief in out room through out the week!

Monday, he was hanging out on our tree

Tuesday, he got all wrapped up in the tape while making an art project on our board

Each
week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students
are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds
of letters. Check out these videos with you child! Click HERE.

The
Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter
with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the
letter U with their drink Umbrellas. On Thursday, our letter of the week project
was to read a page from our alphabet book, U is for Umbrella.

Tuesday, kids can wear pajamas, slippers, and bring stuffed animals. Please wear the appropriate clothing/shoes to school for traveling and walking in the snow. A snow storm is predicted to start on Tuesday so we want kids warm during travel. All clothing must fit into our dress code (1 inch straps, Mid-thigh (close to the knee), closed toed shoes, no midriff showing, etc)

Important Notes:

Mondays have been crazy getting back to school, finding Chippy the elf, getting ready for programs, St. Nick, etc so we have been having some trouble making it to library on Mondays. We still make an effort to get to the library
once a week-usually by Tuesday things have calmed down enough to make
it there. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. Please continue to
return books on Monday and we will continue to PLAN on having library on Mondays (*and we shall see what happens*)

Please help your child by allowing them to dress themselves in their winter outerwear. We are always here to help your child dress, but the more they can do on their own, the faster we get outside and the more likely we will to have outdoor time. (We have not been getting out because the kids simply can't get dressed fast enough in the time we have yet). Here is the order we teach them to help them be most successful. Also things that can help: zippers
up on snowpants before putting them on, velcro outside of our feet when
putting boots on, mittens last so you can zip your own coat.

December is always a busy month, so here is the

Schedule of Events for December:

December 23 is a half day. Because this is before the holiday and staff will be going home, extended day students have 2 options:

1. Leave at 11 with the rest of 4k

2. Go to extended day and leave at 12:30 with the rest of the school.

You may get a notification from HASD telling you there is all day 4k. This just means the public program will be running both their AM and PM sessions. PM 4k will be in session but NOT our extended day program.

December 24-January 4 Winter Break (Classes Resume Monday Jan 5)

Dress for the weather.
Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long
as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to
bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers) It may also be time to
change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather
appropriate. If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm
weather clothes in their backpacks.

Folders. Please
be checking your child's daily folder each night. We put notes on the
notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for
you. Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the
week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce
the letter concept and identification. Please work on this with you
child to help the students make the connection between home and school.

Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders. Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving.

Library Books come every
week. We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to
check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back
packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays.

Book Order due January 29 .Please
click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page. When you buy
books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our
classrooms. Make reading fun and exciting for your child.

Next Week:Theme: Christmas/HolidaysLetter of the Week: NoneSnack: School Supplied/Left Overs

Friday, December 12, 2014

****Mondays have been crazy getting back to school, finding Chippy the elf, getting ready for programs, St. Nick, etc so we have been having some trouble making it to library on Mondays. We still make an effort to get to the library
once a week-usually by Tuesday things have calmed down enough to make
it there. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. Please continue to
return books on Monday and we will continue to PLAN on having library on Mondays (*and we shall see what happens*)

This week we got our gifts from St. Nick. Students brought home their treats from their stockings on Monday.

On Monday, we also began measuring our friends and things in our classrooms with snowflakes. This nonstandard measurement introduces the concept of measurement, the fact the lines have to be straight when measuring, counting, number writing, direction following and more! They enjoyed going around the room with their piles of snowflakes making measurements.

Students also worked on an early reader "Winter Clothing Colors." When working with this book students worked on using their reading fingers and pointing to the words as we read them. They worked specifically on the one to onecorrespondence. They then began to remember the words The and is/are. They used the picture clues to remember the new word. We then figured out the color words using the resources in our room and colored the book. When we were done, students could then read the book while pointing to the words! What awesome learning! The book is also in our reading center to help them gain confidence and have fun reading.

Monday he must have helped St. Nick

!

Just hanging out by the fireplace

Chippy continued to get into various places in our room this week as well!

Each
week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students
are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds
of letters. Check out these videos with you child! Click HERE.

The
Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter
with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the
letter M with their Mini Marshmallows. On Thursday, our letter of the week project
was to read a page from our alphabet book, M is for Monkey.

Important Notes:

Mondays have been crazy getting back to school, finding Chippy the elf, getting ready for programs, St. Nick, etc so we have been having some trouble making it to library on Mondays. We still make an effort to get to the library once a week-usually by Tuesday things have calmed down enough to make it there. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. Please continue to return books on Monday and we will continue to PLAN on having library on Mondays (*and we shall see what happens*)

Please help your child by allowing them to dress themselves in their winter outerwear. We are always here to help your child dress, but the more they can do on their own, the faster we get outside and the more likely we will to have outdoor time. (We have not been getting out because the kids simply can't get dressed fast enough in the time we have yet). Here is the order we teach them to help them be most successful. Also things that can help: zippers up on snowpants before putting them on, velcro outside of our feet when putting boots on, mittens last so you can zip your own coat.

December is always a busy month, so here is the

Schedule of Events for December:

Breakfast with Santa Saturday December 13 9am

4k Winter Program/show Thursday Dec 18 5:30-6:30 4k will be putting on their own little show for parents. It will be a part
of our Reading with the Stars program. Attendance will not be
required, but all students will have a part. If your child is not able
to come, they will still have a part in all the practices, but we will just have less of those characters for the show. We will be also be doing the monthly star decorating.

December 23 is a half day. Because this is before the holiday and staff will be going home, extended day students have 2 options:

1. Leave at 11 with the rest of 4k

2. Go to extended day and leave at 12:30 with the rest of the school.

You may get a notification from HASD telling you there is all day 4k. This just means the public program will be running both their AM and PM sessions. PM 4k will be in session but NOT our extended day program.

December 24-January 4 Winter Break (Classes Resume Monday Jan 5)

Dress for the weather.
Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long
as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to
bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers) It may also be time to
change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather
appropriate. If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm
weather clothes in their backpacks.

Folders. Please
be checking your child's daily folder each night. We put notes on the
notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for
you. Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the
week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce
the letter concept and identification. Please work on this with you
child to help the students make the connection between home and school.

Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders. Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving.

Library Books come every
week. We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to
check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back
packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays.

Book Order due Decmeber 12.Please
click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page. When you buy
books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our
classrooms. Start thinking about making book orders a part of your
child's holiday presents! Make reading fun and exciting for your child.

Next Week:Theme: Snow.Christmas/HolidaysLetter of the Week: UuSnack: Muller Family

Friday, December 5, 2014

We started our week off by making snowmen from our names. Students had to first trace their names paying special attention to forming the letters correctly. We want to start on the top for ALL letters and make them with the correct formations. Students then counted the number of letters in their name and that is how many snowballs they needed. They then cut that number of snowballs out on the curved lines. After cutting out their snowballs, they cut apart their name and glued one letter to one snowball. Finally, they put on a head and had to assemble their name snowmen in the correct order, saying the letters as they went. So much learning in one project!
Students also worked on their fine motor skills to do "stitch up" their stockings. Students put yarn through the holes and when it was all done, we hung our stockings up by the fireplace! St. Nick is coming (Friday) tonight and students will have a gift in their stockings Monday morning.

We also got our class elf! Students first saw our nameless elf sitting and reading his own book! Students watched the video about Elf on the Shelf to teach them all about the elf, his magic, and how he goes back to talk to Santa. They also learned they cannot touch the elf or he looses his magic. We then had to give the elf a name or he would not get his magic to go back to the North Pole. We came with some names, then we voted. We used this DATA on our GRAPH to learn what names had the MOST, LEAST, and if there were any TIES. We discovered through looking at our data that the name that got the most votes and is the winner is Chippy.

Chippy then appeared in a variety of places around our room this week!
Tuesday, Chippy was in our tree holding all the supplies he used (HE DIDNT CLEAN UP!) to make the same name snowman project the kids did.

Wednesday, Chippy was hanging from our treehouse branch so he could get a good view of the whole class making good choices.

Thursday, Chippy was hanging out in our bucket we are working on filling. We think he was reminding us to be bucket fillers because bucket fillers also get good reports to Santa. He was even holding some of the drops/hearts we put in the bucket!

Each
week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students
are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds
of letters. Check out these videos with you child! Click HERE.

The
Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter
with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the
letter N with their Noodles. On Thursday, our letter of the week project
was to read a page from our alphabet book, N is for Necklace. This one was a little different as it was a finger print rather than a hand print.

Book orders are coming home as we get more fliers. Please know you can use books (and we highly encourage it) forgifts at the holiday time. The more we can get excited about reading, the more they will enjoy it and thrive doing it! If you would like a book order to be a gift, please just send an email or note and we will make sure to get that order to you discreetly and not allow your child to see the package. We usually tell them that the paper bag all taped up we put in their bags is their parents homework. Also, remember, your Scholastic book orders help us to buy supplies and more books for our room as well! Check out our new white board stickers we were able to purchase with the points we earned this far in the year!

2. Stay for Extended day and be released at 12:30 with the rest of the school.

3. Stay for Extended day and then After School care (1/2 portion and regular night portion-2 fees)

Book Order Due electronically Friday Dec 12 (December 11 if submitting in paper/check)

Breakfast with Santa Saturday December 13 9am

4k Winter Program/show Thursday Dec 18 5:30-6:30 4k will be putting on their own little show for parents. It will be a part
of our Reading with the Stars program. Attendance will not be
required, but all students will have a part. If your child is not able
to come, they will still have a part in all the practices, but we will just have less of those characters for the show. We will be also be doing the monthly star decorating.

December 23 is a half day. Because this is before the holiday and staff will be going home, extended day students have 2 options:

1. Leave at 11 with the rest of 4k

2. Go to extended day and leave at 12:30 with the rest of the school.

December 24-January 4 Winter Break (Classes Resume Monday Jan 5)

Dress for the weather.
Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long
as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to
bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers) It may also be time to
change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather
appropriate. If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm
weather clothes in their backpacks.

Folders. Please
be checking your child's daily folder each night. We put notes on the
notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for
you. Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the
week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce
the letter concept and identification. Please work on this with you
child to help the students make the connection between home and school.

Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders. Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving.

Literacy Bags come
home every three weeks. Students will have a week to complete the
project inside and can then return the bag with completed sheets in it
on TUESDAYS.

Library Books come every
week. We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to
check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back
packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays.

Book Order due Decmeber 12.Please
click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page. When you buy
books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our
classrooms. Start thinking about making book orders a part of your
child's holiday presents! Make reading fun and exciting for your child.

Next Week:Theme: Snow.WinterLetter of the Week: MmSnack: Sonetti Family

About Me

I am recently married with a hilarious husband, a puggle named Pudge who not only lives up to his name, but is constantly a source of entertainment, a 4k teacher with 30 children that say the darnedest things, and a family that never stops making me laugh. Read along for a glimpse into the funny life I live.